Remote regulation of atmospheric condition



March 13, 1945 c. A. DE GIERS ET AL REMOTE REGULATION OF ATMOSPHERIC CONDITION Filed Nov. 8, 1941 INVENTORS ATTORNEY5 and Patented -Mar.k1'3, .1945

I Clarence "A. de *Giers,

Wickesser, St. Albans,-N;' Liquidometer'. Corporatio Forest" Hills,-' and' Arthur 1., as'slgnora tone. 1

:Long'ilsland City, .i

. -"Y..' a corporation of Delaware Appllcation November 8, 1941, Serial-No. 418,365

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This invention pertains to the-regulation of atmospheric condition in a space rem'ote'i'rom the point of control. United .?'States Patent No, 1,943,267 to de .Giers discloses an *instrument'for remote indication of temperatureyand' copending application Serial No. 418,364,"flled November'8,

1941, by the present inventors discloses an instrument for remote indication-oi humidity.

An object of the present invention is to use the teachings of the above mentioned patent and apor tubesconnecting them' to. bulb Ill. .However, when a change or temperatureoocurs in the-bulb,

liquid 16 therein will expand or contract and some oi" f'tl'ie liquid will forced: into or out of tube l2, causing bellows 14 to expand or contractaxially, thereby s'wingingleveriil'about its fulcrum plication in an instrument capable under similar circumstances, of regulating the temperature and humidity instead of simply indicating those conditions.

Furtherand other objects andadvantages will be Lapparent from the specification and claims,

and from the accompanying drawing which illus-.

trates what is now considered to embodiment of the invention.

In the drawing: I Figure 1 shows the'mechanism of thecontrol device, unessential details being omitted Fig. 2 illustrates the single thermometer bulb to be connected to the instrument of Fig. 1 when be a preferred control of temperature is desired;

Fig. 3 shows wetand 'dry thermometer'bulbs to be connected to the device of Fig. 1 when control of humidity is desired;

Fig. 4 illustrates one type of fluid supply valve;

Fig. 5 illustrates; another type of fluid supply valve and operating. means therefor.

.For temperature regulation, bulb Ill .(Fig. 2) is connected by open-end tube 12 to bellows I4, the bulb and bellows being full of liquid l6.

Another tube 18 with aclosed end: at the bulb, connects inlike manner to: bellows 20, a similar tobellows 1 l4, but differently. supported.

Bellows l4 and 20 are enclosed in a case 2| having a back plate 22.

Bellows I4 is attached at its outer end to plate 22 by bracket 24. Bellows 20 is attached to plate 22 by a bracket 26 intermediate the ends of. the bellows.

The axes of the bellows are parallel but oil'set, their inner ends being pivotally connected by studs 28 and 30 to opposite ends of a floating link 32. An arm 34, iulcrumed at 38 on plate 22, is pivotally link 32. Mounted on the is a cam roller 40.

This arrangement of oil'set similar bellows, liquid-flllecl and connected as shown, bya floating link is eflective to prevent'movement oiaarm 24 due to changes of temperature or the bellows shortening bellows with incompressible liquid, and isilxedly mounted sealed at one end to head 52 and socket 80 indisk 44. A

. 36 through the instrumentalitybf' link ,38, the

upper pivot of which-is stationary.

"In the device of the abovementioned -de. Giers zpate'nt, any change of bulb temperature is simply .indicatedby a pointer, but

in the: present invention means are provided for: adjusting the temperature to a predetermined value, the desired. temperature being-indicated by a' manually adjustable' lever 42 .in cooperation with a disk on the outside of case 2|.

Lever 42 is attached-bypin 46 to'the outerzhead of a spindle 48 in axial .alignment with bellows 20 and rotatable by lever 42. The inner-end of graduated the spindle is threaded-at ifl-into' the head- 52 of bellows 20. When the spindle .is rotated collars 54. and prevent lengthwise movement of the spindle, thereby. causing threads 50 to movev bellows head 52 axially, thus either lengthening or 20. Since bellows. 20 is filled to the case by bracket 26, 52, acting through stud 30, causes a movement of the upperend of. link 32, and through-pin 38, aflects. the movement of lever 34 about itsfulcruni-36. Spindle 48 is enclosed in a bellows-49 at its other end the movement of head to the-wall of case.

Lever 42 is held in itsadjustedposition by a boss on the lever engaging an. appropriate spring 62 holds boss-58 in the selected socket until manual depression of the other 'end of the lever frees the boss to permit movement to another selected position Case 2| is filled with low pressureair supplied through pipe 64. An outlet pipe. 66 leads air from case 2| to valve l8 when it is necessary to supply j 78 which is pivoted at".

connected by pin 38 to the center of upperrend of arm 34.

drawing. If the space the desired temperature, lever 34 swings tothe heat to thespace containing bulb Ill. The inner end or pipe is normally closed by a valve disk 10 against orifice I2. Disk 10 is .mountedona downwardly extending arm 14 ofa cam'member The cam'member has an-arcuate arm at extending'to the left and an arcuate arm 82 extending to. the right.

When bulb III is at the desired temperaturaas indicated on disk 44, 1ever134and rol1er40-are at the :positions indicated by full lines in the temperature rises above leitand'ro'ller 40 willroll alongthexarcuatetop arm 30. the center of which is at 30, thus positively holding disk against orifice I2. Whenever the space temperature drops below the 'desired normal temperature, lever 34 will swing to the right engaging shoulder 34, thereby rotating the cam assembly about its pivot I3 and opening orifice -'I2 by moving arm 14 and disk I0 to their dotted line positions, in which positions they are positively maintained by roller 40, rolling along the top of arcuate arm 82 as indicated by the dotted lines. Spring 88 prevents lost motion and back-lash in the cam assembly.

While orifice I2 is open, air passes through pipe 60 into space 90 above diaphragm 08 in valve 50 (Fig. 4), depressing the diaphragm against the resistance of spring 92 and opening valve 34, thus permitting heating fluid to pass through pipes 06, 90, to the space to be heated.

When the space temperature returns to normal, roller 40 will drop off shoulder 84, disk I0 will close orifice I2, valve 94 will close, and the air in'space 90, which held the valve open, passes to atmosphere through bleeder valve I00.

Under certain conditions the valve operating mechanism of Fig. 5 may be used. High pressure air entering through pipe I02 and passing through pipe.I04 to chamber I06 depresses diaphragm I03 against the resistance of spring I I0 and keeps valve H2 closed. Pipe H4 leads toorifice I2 in place of pipe 56, and when disk I0 is moved away from the orifice low pressure air from case 2I asvi,

passes into bellows III; and elongates it, causing plunger H3 to move ball I20 from its seat in bushing I22 to seat I24, thereby sealing the inlet from pipe I02 and permitting the air in chamber I06 to exhaust through pipe I04 and around plunger IIB, whereupon spring IIO opens valve I I2 and allows fluid to pass from pipe I25 through pipe I20 I2 is closed, the air in bellows IIB exhausts through bleeder I30, whereupon the bellows, aided by spring I32, withdraws plunger I I8 and the parts resume normal positions as in the drawing.

When the instrument is to be used for regulating humidity instead of temperature, two bulbs are used, one dry and one wet, as indicated in Fig. 3 in which dry bulb I34 is connected by open end tube I36 (in place of tube I2) to bellows I4, andwet bulb I30 is..connected by tube I40 (in place of tube I0) to bellows 20. Wet bulb I38 is provided with a wick I42 dipping into water in vessel I44, thus maintaining bulb I30 at a lower temperature than bulb I34, depending upon the humidity of the space atmosphere.

When the humidity drops below normal, the fluid supply valve of Fig. 4 or Fig. 5 is opened as described above in connection with temperature control, the fluid being supplied in spray to the space to be heated. When orifice form to the space enclosing the thermometer bulbs. When the humidity is restored to normal the supply valve is automatically closed.

The device illustrated and described will give sufnciently accurate results for ordinary use, but it the requirements as to accuracy are unusually stringent, the improvements of de Giers Patent No. 2,045,965 may be added to the device herewith illustrated.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific embodiment herein illustrated and described, but may be used in other ways without departure from its spirit as defined by the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. Apparatus of the class described, comprising in combination, a casing, means for maintaining elastic fluid under pressure in said casin a valve for exhausting elastic fluid from said casing, a pair of differentially connected liquidfllled bellows within said casing, a thermometric device without said casing, means interconnecting said device and one of said bellows whereby the latter will expand, or contract according to change of temperature of said device, means under control of said bellows for opening and closing said valve, said valve comprising an orifice and a disk for opening and closing said orifice, said disk being mounted on a pivoted member having means including arcuate arms effective in cooperation with said opening and closing means for positively holding said disk against or away from said orifice, and means controlled by said valve for controlling the temperature at said thermometric device.

2. Apparatus oi the class described, comprising incombination, a casing, means for maintaining elastic fluid under pressure in said casing,

a valve for exhausting elastic fluid from said cas ing, said valve having a movable closure member, a pair of bellows within said casing and differentially-interconnected by a floating link, a thermometric device without said casing, means interconnecting said device and one of said bellows whereby said one of said bellows will expand or contract according to change of temperature oi said thermometric device, means including a lever operable by movement of said link in response to temperature changes for moving the closure member of said valve, said means being provided with two arcuate arms one or the other of which is engageable by said lever for holding said valve positively closed or positively open, and means controlled by said valve for controlling the temperature at said thermometric device.

CLARENCE A. as GIERS. ARTHUR WICKESSER. 

